25.5% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lauriston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lauriston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering has defined Lauriston since 2011, with a huge portion of the population giving their time. More than a quarter of residents now volunteer, a figure that far exceeds both state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.5% of people in Lauriston volunteer, which is far above the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common here, with 32.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid work a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 24.0% provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the national rate of 26.3%.
11.1% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.7% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Around 2.5% of the people in Lauriston have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
2.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Lauriston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21474/lauriston/topic/community